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Cultivating Collaborations with DMCs to Drive International Luxury Travel

DCI

The international luxury travel market is looking for exclusivity, with Travel Weekly dubbing the new wave of travel “ ultraluxe.” Most travel advisors, unfortunately, can’t handle these customized bookings on their own. In the end, everyone wins. IITA and Cooperation. In the U.S.

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Experiential Travel Explained: Players, Distribution Landscape, and Opportunities

AltexSoft Travel

Tour operators are travel companies that devise itineraries, create corresponding multi-component tour packages, sell them to travel agents or travelers, and make sure everything goes well from the start to the end of the trip, having full responsibility to the traveler. Connectivity in the travel industry.

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Tour Operator Software: Itinerary Creator, Booking Engine, and Other Handy Technologies

AltexSoft Travel

A tour operator is a travel company that devises the trip, books its components, markets it, and sells to travelers or travel agents. GDSs , hotels/lodges/ alternative accommodation , airlines, bed banks , transfer providers/ car rentals , activity suppliers/ destination management companies , and so on.

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Self-Service Technologies in Travel: End-to-End Solutions for Independent Travelers

AltexSoft Travel

What does self-service mean for travel? To be fair, the idea of self-service travel is nothing new. Back then, self-service used to simply mean “without a travel agent”, and in 2020, with up to 80 percent of travelers booking directly online – it’s a norm. Special needs travelers. Large groups.

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Travel Agency Inventory System: Main Sources and Management Aspects

AltexSoft Travel

A short video about what API connectivity in travel is about. Travelers often turn to travel agents instead of airline websites to compare options, get better deals, or book several flights from different airlines in one place. Though today, travel agents turn to them for a wider range of travel products.

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Travel Booking Engines: Types, Functionality, and Integrations

AltexSoft Travel

In the B2C sales model, travel products are booked directly by end users. Booking engines of this type empower airline and hotel websites, hotel booking systems, online travel agencies (OTAs), and other retailers. notifications sent to the client upon the booking confirmation. B2B booking engines for wholesalers and OTAs.

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